Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.